Miner s pick



(No Model.)

W. H. SHENEMAN. MINERS PICK.

No.266,0 5'7. v Patented ()0 t.17, 1882..

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PATENT MINERS PICK.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 266,057, dated October 17, 1882.

Application filed August 18, 1882. (N0 model.) I

T 0 all whom it may concern Be it known that I, W. H. SHENEMAN, of Marysville, in the county of Union and State of Ohio, have invented certain new and useful Improvementsin Miners Picks; and Ido hereby declare that the following is a full, clear, and exact description of the invention, which will enable others skilled in the art to which it appertains to make and use the same, reference being had to the accompanyingdrawings, which form a part of this specification.

Figure 1 is a perspective view of my improved pick. Fig. 2 is a longitudinal sectional view. Fig. 3 is a cross-section on theline a; m, Fig. 2, and Fig. 4 is a perspective view of one of the points detached.

Similar letters of reference indicate corresponding parts in all the figures.

This invention relates to thatclass of miners picks which are provided with detachable points, of which a supply may be conveniently carried; and it consists in certain improvements in the construction of the same, which will be hereinafter fully described, and particularly pointed out in the claim.

In the drawings hereto annexed. A represents the body of the pick, having the eye B, and provided near its ends with transverse openings or mortises (J, from which openings D, square in cross-section, extend to the ends of body A, which said ends are beveled, as at E.

The points which are denoted by letter F are provided with shanks Gr,fitting in the openings D of the body, and having screw'threaded stems H, extending into the mortises (J. The inner ends of the points around the shanks G are provided with beveled flanges H, corresponding with and fitting over the beveled ends E of the pick-body A. The points are secured to the body by nuts I, access to which may be had through the mortises U, by means ofa suitablyconstructed wrench.

The operation and advantages of my iuven- As an im provementin miners picks, the combination, with the body A, having mortises O, openings D. and beveled ends E,of the detachable points F, having shanks G, threaded stems H, and beveled flanges H, and the nuts I, as herein described, for the purpose shown and specified.

In testimony that I claim the foregoing as my own I have hereto afiixed my signature in presence of two witnesses.

WILLIAM H. SHENEMAN.

Witnesses:

W. A. KING, WILLIAM BEALER. 

